Bracelet



April 1927' KRAYSLER BRACELET Filed April 3, 1926 J INVENTOR- W W@QAJTORNEY Patented Apr. 26, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRVDTG KBAYSLER,'OF NEW YORK, Y., ASSIGNOR TO FARBER-KRAYSLER & BBQ, ACOPARTNERSHIP COMPRISING AS PARTNERS JULIAN FARBER, OI BROOKLYN, NEWYORK, AND IRVING KRAYSLER AND MAX KRAYSLER, BOTH OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRACELET.

Application filed April 3, 1926. Serial No. 99,438.

The present invention relates to an improvement in bracelets and thelike, one object being to provide a link construction whereby the linkunits making up a bracelet may be detachable and interchangeable so thatby inserting or removing links, the bracelet can be made of suitablelength. A further object of the invention has been to provide a braceletin which the component links are detachable but in which the looking orconnecting devices are practically concealed and are so positioned thatthe links may not readily become detached by accident. A further objectof the present invention has been to provide a bracelet which to thewearer appears to be a permanently connected series of links but which,by reason of its construction, can be readily taken apart by a jeweleror dealer without cutting or otherwise destroying the connecting pins orpivots.

One embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the drawingsaccompanying the present specification, and in which Figure 1 is a topplan view of a section of bracelet,

Figure 2, a side elevation with a portion of one link broken away, and

Figure 3, a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, my improved bracelet is made up of aplurality of links 1 each comprising spaced side members 2, one endthereof being provided with a substantially semi-circular projection andthe other end being provided with a similarly sha ed re-entrant notch.Pivot holes 3 exten through the side members and are concentric with thesemi-circular projections. At the opposite end is a housing 4 adapted toreceive and retain one or more ielding pivots 5 projecting through asuitab e openmg therein and so positioned thatthe housing of one linkwill extend between the projections of the next linktso that the pivotsin said housing may readil engage the pivot receiving openings or ho es3 of the next link. It is contem lated that one of said pivots may befixe if desired, while the other will be held in normal link engagingposition by means of a spring as 6 positioned in housing 4. When thelinks are assembled, the pivot 5 extends through the pivot receivinghole 3 where it is retained by pressure of spring 6. To disengage onelink from the-next, the pivot 5 may be pressed downwardly throughthehole 3 until the end is clear of said hole whereupon, by swinging onelink with respect to the other, they may be separated. The positioningof the housing 4 with respect to the side members, as hereinabovedescribed, brings the central transverse axis of the pivots intoalignment with the joint between contiguous links and thereby permitsthe fullest freedom of turning without undue displacement of the upperedge of one link with relspeict to the adjacent upper edge of the nextin r.

The present invention will be of great utility in the novelty jewelrytrade in that it will be possible by the use of the constructionhereindescribed to produce a bracelet of very simple and beautiful lines. Itwill further be possible to detach and remove any given link or linksfor purposes of repair or for the urpose of roducing a given length ofbrace et. It wil also be apparent that a wide variety of forms ofembellishment may be applied to different links having uniforminterconnecting devices so that with a relatively small stock ofseparate links, a retail dealer could make up bracelets of varyingdesigns and of any desired length.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bracelet comprising a disengageable links each inclu ing a odyhaving side members provided with opposed pivot receiving holesextending through one end, a housing positioned between the other endsof said members, a yielding pivot projecting through an end of saidhousing, a spring in the housing normally ressin said pivot outwardly,the housing 0 one 0 said links being operatively positioned between thepivot receiving holes in the side members of an adjacent link, and saidyielding pivot extending into one of said holes and exposing an endportion therein whereby luralit of pressure may be applied to said endportion end portions of said spring receiving housof said pivot throughsaid hole to depress ings. the pivot into disengaged position. Intestimony whereof, I have signed my 10 2. A bracelet accordin to claim 1and named to this specification this 29th day of b i'urthercharacterized in t at the side mem- March, 1926.

hers are provided with semi-circular shaped extensions positioned tooverlap and conceal IRVING KRAYSLER.

